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Posted by Terry Trahan Jr. on Apr 30, 2013 in 2013, Column, Homegrown, May 2013, Music | Comments Off

You’ve been counting down the days since the Jazz Fest gates last closed at the New Orleans Fair Grounds. Each day, you would return to...

Posted by Terry Trahan Jr. on Apr 2, 2013 in 2013, April 2013, Column, Homegrown, Music | Comments Off

I can still remember the first time I ever heard the infectious rhythms of Cedric Watson and his rhythmic backers, Bijou Creole. It had...

Posted by Terry Trahan Jr. on Mar 1, 2013 in 2013, Column, Homegrown, March 2013, Music | Comments Off

The Black Keys and The Dave Matthews Band met up in N’awlins and had a baby—they named it The Revivalists. OK, that’s a stretch...

Kristin Diable is a down-to-earth Southern girl next door—who happens to know how to sing. Her voice isn’t one you would casually tune...

Posted by Terry Trahan Jr. on Dec 20, 2012 in 2013, Column, Homegrown, January 2013, Music | Comments Off

It’s an unusually warm November night at The Grapevine Café in Donaldsonville. Patrons are waltzing in, anxious to taste the café’s...

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen—and Benjamin Antin. No? What about Benny Grunch? Ah, now we’re talkin’. If you’re...